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Aboriginal Family Support Services
  • Case Worker/Facilitator
  • Salary Range - $72,361 to $77,854 p.a.
  • 2 x FTE and 1 x 0.5 positions available
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply, as are people who identify as having lived experience of disability

You

You will bring your demonstrated practitioner skills, experience and knowledge to this role. You will: be passionate about assisting people with disability; have a sound understanding of the NDIS; support the rights of persons with disability and advocate contemporary inclusion ideology. You will have an understanding of the challenges faced by many Aboriginal families and communities.

This demanding but rewarding role will require that you have strong relationship building and communication skills and the ability to work with multidisciplinary teams. You will be expected to demonstrate extensive experience in Disability Services and/or experience in being able to work with Aboriginal communities and representatives across the Government and NGO sectors.

Your New Role

Based in the Northern Suburbs, these roles Support Aboriginal People with disabilities and their families. Under the ‘Be With Me’ project our ‘Navigators’ will help connect Aboriginal People with Disability, to a more included and fuller life.

This role will work to facilitate Aboriginal people with disability, connecting and engaging successfully with the NDIS and will work with service providers to ensure their supports are Disability Inclusive and Culturally Responsive. This includes enhancing connection with mainstream medical, educational, community and other services as well as disability specific supports.

You Will Need

  • A Child Related Employment Screening (CRES) or a Working With Children Check (WWCC)
  • An unrestricted current Drivers Licence
  • A Safe Environments for Children and Young People (Through Their Eyes) Certificate
  • Eligibility to work in Australia

Relevant qualifications will be well regarded.

Don’t have a WWCC? You can apply on-line at www.screening.sa.gov.au

There will be regular intrastate travel, requiring overnight absences, involved in the two FTE positions advertised.

Sound like you?

Please call Liv on 0499 966 614 during office hours to find out more.

Working in a not for profit agency you can salary sacrifice to increase your take home pay.

Now: Scroll down to look at the Job & Person Specification

Then: tell us in a 2 page cover letter (that reflects the Key Result Areas in the J&P) why you’re a good fit for this job and send this along with your resume

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